The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) vide it’s circular dated 17 October, 2018 has proposed an amendment to the decade-old Sports Broadcasting Signals (Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharati) Act, 2007 and has sought feedback on the plan.
The Act requires private sports broadcasters such as Star India and Sony...
GOVERNMENT
ROOTS FOR SELF REGULATION MODEL IN ITS AFFIDAVIT BEFORE SC
In the matter of Justice for Rights vs Union of India pending before the Supreme Court, as per reports, the Government has filed its affidavit stating that it does not have the powers to...
In what is being termed as a David vs. Goliath litigation, West Publishing Corporation and Thomson Reuters Enterprise (proprietors of the premium legal research tool “Westlaw”) have lodged in a Copyright Infringement claim and a Tortious interference action against ROSS Intelligence, a new and upcoming Machine Learning oriented solution...
A suit was filed by Prasar Bharti against Ritu Arya, Sandeep Arya and PVR Limited for permanent injunction to restrain them from using Prasar Bharti’s registered trademark “Doordarsan” as the title of their new film which is produced by Ritu and Sandeep Arya and PVR is the...
GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR A
STAKEHOLDER MEETING TO DISCUSS ISSUES PERTAINING TO COPYRIGHT
The Department for Promotion of Industry and
Internal Trade (DPIIT) called for a meeting on February 13, 2020 in New Delhi
to discuss the stakeholder issues pertaining to copyrights, the provisions
under the Copyright Act, 1957...
By Anushka Verma
The Delhi High Court recently, in the case of Star India Pvt. Ltd. v. Moviestrunk.com & Ors., reiterated the status of ‘rogue websites’ and their liability in infringement of copyright. The Plaintiff in this case is engaged in producing and distributing films in India and...
LICENSING
AGREEMENT BETWEEN SONY PICTURES AND IPRS
Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) has entered into a
licensing agreement with the Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS). Pursuant
to this agreement, Sony shall be able to use the IPRS music bank for its
digital broadcasts. With this licensing agreement, Sony...
A recent judgement in the matter of Shivani Tibrewala vs. Rajat Mukherjee came as a respite to the makers of the movie ‘Umeed’ which might finally release three years post its scheduled release. This is a case that has lingered on for quite some time giving major headaches to...
PARLIAMENT
PANEL ASKS I&B MINISTRY TO INCLUDE ''FAIR-USE'' CLAUSE IN CINEMATOGRAPH
BILL
A parliamentary standing committee has noted that the amendments proposed in the Cinematograph Act, 1952, to check film piracy do not provide for “adequate safeguards” to the people who share film clip on various social media...
Bhansali’s ‘Padmaavat’ (earlier titled Padmavati) has been doing its rounds of controvesies since the inception of its shooting. Prior to the film receiving its certification from CBFC and now even post receiving the censor certificate, some state governments like the Rajasthan, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh Government have...
